Pressure to Conform and Parenting Tips in Kid Tips
A syndicated column discusses peer pressure during early adolescence and how parents can guide children without direct bans. It shares examples from family life, such as promoting positive friendships, discouraging negative ones, and using praise tokens like stones for good deeds. The piece includes reader tips from Mary Alberts and contact details for Tom McMahon in Spokane and Orlando.
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Chilch
Mersin
Marie
Karen
Mary Alberts Pever Recerecemererivel
Dear Abby letters reveal community strength and family concerns
Readers share stories of kindness during the DC area sniper fear, a stranger offering help, and empathy for victims families. Other letters discuss marital trust, condom concealment, and divorce considerations amid a son’s leukemia, with clear guidance from Dear Abby on counseling and timing.
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Abby
Maryland
Karen
Jacob
Reunions Seek Missing Alumni Across Years
A notices collage lists 20 25 30 58 and 40 year reunion plans and contact info for many classes from various Ohio high schools and events. Names, dates and locations include Marion Steele 1982 Oberlin High 1977 West Tech 1962 and Clearview High 1942 plus USS Tarawa and Normandy D-Day groups with outreach contacts and submission deadlines.
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Oberlin High
Prest’s
Lori Hagerty
Hagerty
Wellstargo.com
Oberlin-High.org
Meecha and McConeghy unite in Elyria church wedding
Michelle Marie Meecha and Jeffery Scott McConeghy wed Sept 7 at St Marys Catholic Church Elyria. Officiant Rev Gary Malin. Bride daughter of Daniel and Kay Meecha. Groom son of Howard and Janice McConeghy. Attendants included maid of honor Julie Babik and bridesmaids Kate Schubert Betsy Gleason Jody Ward Heather McConeghy Shari and Jennifer Meecha. Flower girls Emily Ashley Grace Meecha. Best man Mike Streator. Ushers Rick Bauder Josh Mellick PJ Howard Duane Sheator Mark and Rob Meecha. Ring bearer Jared Meecha. Reception Gargus Hall Lorain. Bride a 1988 Elyria High grad groom a 1992 Oberlin High grad employed at NASA Glenn Research Center. They honeymooned on an Alaskan cruise and reside in Oberlin.
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Michelle Marie Meecha
Jeffery Scott McConeghy
St Mary’s Catholic Church
Elyria
Gary Malin
Daniel
Kay Meecha
Howard
Janice McConeghy
Wellington
Julie Babik
Kate Schubert
Betsy Gleason
Jody Ward
Heather McConeghy
Shari
Jennifer Meecha
Oberlin High School
NASA
Glenn Research Center
Oberlin
Croxton and Koltas unite in Elyria Catholic ceremony
Shannon Jean Croxton and Kenneth Anthony Koltas married August 3 at St Jude's Catholic Church. Rev. Frank Kosem officiated. The bride, daughter of Cliff and Bonnie Warner, and the late Darryl Croxton, and the groom, son of Rosemarie and Kenneth Kolltas, both of Elyria. Guest list featured maid of honor Heather Warner and several bridesmaids. The couple, grads of Elyria High School in 1995 and 1993 respectively, work at Lang Optical and EMH Regional Medical Center. They reside in Elyria and honeymooned on a Caribbean Cruise.
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Shannon Jean Croxton
Kenneth Anthony Koltas
St Jude’s Catholic Church
Frank Kosem
Cliff
Bonnie Warner
Elyria
Darryl Croxton
Rosemarie
Kenneth Kolltas
Heather Warner
Jennifer Ackerson
Angie Sherrill
Amy Wickel
Katie Barnes
Kim Warner
Charlotte Frederick
Abigail Croxton
Chronicle-Telegram wedding and engagement notice rules
The Chronicle Telegram lists wedding engagement and anniversary notices free of charge while wedding announcements arriving 60 days after the ceremony incur a $30 fee. Engagement notices are not printed within 90 days of a wedding date. Photos must be labeled with names and returned if requested, otherwise unreturned photos are disposed after 30 days. Forms available at 995 Pact Ave Elyria or by SASE to CT Accent Dept PO Box 4010 Elyria OH 44036.
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Chronicle-Telegram
the Chronicle
C.tafflon
Pact Ave
Elyria
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